Graduated a few weeks ago but haven’t left Boston until now. By BC & O’Neill =)

Thanks for the visit! Bye, best of luck with everything, and hope to see you again soon & hear about your adventures!

But whoever wrote this will never see your reply

Hopefully they’re looking at our online blog for the reply! You can check it out too at library.bc.edu/answerwall

That person can go on the wall's blog, right? And a bye doesn't always need a reply ~ =) — That person can go on the wall’s blog, right? And a bye doesn’t always need a reply ~ =)

Great minds think alike! Yes, they can see the answer on the blog: library.bc.edu/answerwall. And you’re right, a goodbye message doesn’t always need a reply, but when the goodbye is public, a reply is nice. The sender might not see it, but others will, and there’s never harm in spreading good will.

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.